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RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts) Sun Aug 16, 2015, 11:16 AM Aug 2015

RIP Julian Bond

We lost another fighter in the war for civil rights.
NY Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/us/julian-bond-former-naacp-chairman-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-75.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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RIP Julian Bond (Original Post) RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 OP

So sorry to hear this. kiva Aug 2015 #1

A special mention that dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #2

Rest in Peace, Julian. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #3

kiva

(4,373 posts)

1. So sorry to hear this.

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Original post)

Sun Aug 16, 2015, 11:38 AM

Aug 2015

Best to his family

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. A special mention that

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Original post)

Sun Aug 16, 2015, 05:01 PM

Aug 2015

Mr. Bond became a founder, with Morris Dees, of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal advocacy organization in Montgomery, Ala.
Mr. Bond was its president from 1971 to 1979 and remained on its board for the rest of his life.

RIP to a great man....

Uncle Joe

(58,362 posts)

3. Rest in Peace, Julian.

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Original post)

Sun Aug 16, 2015, 05:11 PM

Aug 2015

Thanks for the thread, RoccoR.

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